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The Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
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Oh no! John Freeman is arrested! He helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom in Canada.
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Lincoln is elected president!
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South Carolina secedes from the United States.
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The long Civil War starts!
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Hoosier soldiers fought in Phillippi, Virginia.
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The Emancipation Proclomation goes into effect.
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The Battle of Gettysburg starts.
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John Hunt Morgan and his raiders go through Ohio.
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The long Civil War ends!
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Robert E. Lee surrendered, and the Union won the war!